Clem A. Gaar, the second son of Abram and Agnes Gaar, was born in Richmond,
Indiana, on the 13th of April, 1859. His youth was spent in the usual manner of
lads of the period, study in the school-room and the pleasures of the
play-ground engrossing his attention. Entering upon his business career at the
age of nineteen years, he began serving an apprenticeship in the pattern making
department of the works of Gaar, Scott & Company, his term covering a period of
four years and eight months, during which time he became an expert workman. On
the expiration of that period he began farming on the old homestead and carried
on agricultural pursuits for eight months, but not rending that occupation to
his taste, he embarked in the wholesale grocery business in connection with John
Shroyer, under the firm name of Shroyer & Gaar. They conducted that enterprise
until 1890, and in 1894 Mr. Gaar aided in organizing the National Church
Furniture Company, of which he has since served as vice president. They have
built up an extensive business and are now enjoying a large and lucrative
patronage. In addition, Mr. Gaar is engaged in general farming, making a
specialty of the raising of wheat, and a glance at his broad and well tilled
fields indicates his careful supervision. He is also a stockholder in the
corporation conducting business under the name of Gaar, Scott & Company. He
possesses the true western spirit of enterprise, and is quick to note a
favorable business opportunity. Therein lies the secret of many a man's success,
and the prosperity which our subject enjoys is largely attributable to that
quality.
On the 15th of November, 1882, Mr. Gaar was married to Miss Fannie McMeans,
a daughter of the late Alfred L. and Anna L. McMeans, of Richmond. They now have
two children, Lucille and Russell A, Mr. Gaar is a leading member of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, is serving as trustee, and is a valued
representative of the Royal Arcanum. He and his wife have spent their entire
lives in Richmond, and in their large circle of friends are many who have known
them from childhood to the present.

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